Chapter 12 Chapter Twelve

Kawashima was pushed open by his wife. "who's that?" His eyes were dimmed from sleep, and after hearing what his wife said, he asked back. "I don't know who it is, but there are two men standing at the gate. They said they have something to ask you. They didn't say their names." When the two came together, Kawashima's head immediately roared.Tsurumaki and Kondo even came to the door together. Today during the day, Kayoko's family said that Tian was absolutely sure that they would not be asked to collect debts again.This sentence did not come true, they probably inquired about the residence, and chased here.Perhaps, Tian Suo agreed during the day today, and he hasn't had time to get in touch with the two of them.

That being the case, you might as well tell them Tiansuo's promise. "What time is it now?" "It's not yet ten o'clock." Went to bed early, so now the time is earlier than thought.Having said that, it's really annoying that Tsurumaki and Kondo came to collect debts at such a time. However, these words cannot be discussed in front of his wife.If she knew that she was here to recover the gambling debts, she would be in trouble.I thought to myself, I want to take the two of them to the street to talk. Kawashima quickly changed his clothes, walked through the narrow living room, and came to the door.At first glance, it turned out to be two men in suits who had never known Jing standing there.Kawashima's guess was wrong, and he stared blankly at the other party unconsciously.

"It's late, I'm sorry." The bowing man in his forties took out a black book from the inner pocket of his jacket.There is a half-length photo of this person pasted on the finger opening, and the red seal of the Metropolitan Police Department is on the side. "what!" Kawashima was startled.The agent withdrew his identity certificate and immediately asked: "Are you Mr. Kawashima from Department XX?" The young detective standing by was watching Kawashima's face closely in the dark.The faces of both of them are not very good. "Yes, it is."

"Do you know Mr. Hiroji Hamaoka from the XX department?" "Yes, I know." The moment he answered, Kawashima's heart was beating like a drum.What did the agents come to ask about Hamaoka?Suddenly, Kayoko's face appeared in front of her eyes.He intuited that Hamaoka probably knew about the relationship between Tiansuo and Kayoko, and something happened. Kawashima hastily lowered his voice and said: "Wait a moment, please. . . . If this is the matter, please go outside!" At the same time, without waiting for the other party's answer, he opened the wooden drawer, put on clogs and walked out.

The agent seemed to hold back his breath, but nodded silently.The wife served tea from inside to entertain the guests. "Ma'am, excuse me." The detective was a little polite. "Come here, please!" Kawashima ignored his wife and took the two agents outside. Outside there is a small square between the civil servants' dormitories.Kawashima took them there.Heart pounding. "I'm very sorry. If my wife knows that you are from the Metropolitan Police Department, I will be very worried, so I have to invite the two of you here." Kawashima looked around.There was no one there but the dim streetlights.In the distance, there are two or three night returnees, moving figures under the opposite street lamp.

"Ah! Really?" The older agent agreed. "Excuse me, what's the matter with Hamaoka?" When Kawashima asked, he was a little apprehensive. "Have you ever played mahjong at Hamaoka's house?" the detective asked. "Yeah, just sometimes." Kawashima thought to himself, probably Hamaoka's unlicensed mahjong restaurant was tipped off. "Really? Then, during the day, have you been to Hamaoka's house?" Kawashima didn't answer right away.It turned out that it wasn't the license issue of the mahjong house, but something just thought of. Hamaoka took the relationship between Tiansuo and Kayoko to the police.

Kawashima originally wanted to say that he did not go to Hamaoka's house today.However, the detectives came to ask specifically, maybe they already knew that they had been there.When I was ringing the bell at the gate of Hamaoka's house during the day, the proprietress of the tobacco shop diagonally opposite once saw him.She must have given evidence.It's better to be honest. "There is something wrong. When I got to the door, I rang the bell, but no one answered. I don't think anyone is at home." "So you came back." "yes……" Kawashima swallowed.

If you say that you once went to the back door to push the door, you have to tell what happened to Tiansuo.Fortunately, no one saw it near the back door, so there was no need to say anything. If you didn't say anything, you could keep your promise to Tiansuo.Now that the gambling debt has been cancelled, and another 30,000 won in cash has been paid, the promise must be kept.Otherwise, if Tian knows about it, it will be troublesome again. "Do you really think that Hamaoka's family has no one at home, so you came back?" The detective nailed it again. Kawashima was a little uneasy.The other party's complexion is very bad.It seemed that they were investigating something important.The determination almost collapsed, but the thought was only changed, and then it was taken back.

"That's right. It seems that no one is at home. ... I went around the alley again to check the situation at the back door. The back door was also closed, so I had to come back." The following words were boldly added, in case someone nearby saw that he had gone to the back door. Something seems to have happened to the Hamaoka family.You can guess it just by looking at the agent's expression.I'm afraid it's much more serious than not getting a mahjong house license. "What time was it then?" The detective asked. "Well, it's almost twelve o'clock to leave the yamen, and then take a taxi to get there. The taxi will take thirty minutes, and I think it's about half past twelve."

"Didn't you check your watch?" "It happened that I forgot it in the drawer of the yamen, so I didn't bring it with me." In fact, the watch is in the pawnshop. "It was half-past twelve. So how long have you been standing at the gate?" "Not much time. There was no one answering inside, so it was about five minutes or so. The bell rang several times." Considering the testimony of the proprietress of the tobacco shop diagonally across the door, I have to explain clearly. "At that time, was there anything special about Mr. Hamaoka's house inside and out?"

"No, nothing special." "For example, when you rang the bell at the front door, or when you turned to the back door. Was there a woman screaming inside? Did it make a loud noise?" "No." Listening to the agent's inquiry, Kawashima gradually became worried about the matter.After he left, did Hamaoka come home and quarrel with Tiansuo? "Really? So, then, who did you meet?" Since Kawashima's answer didn't make sense, the agent just asked this new question casually. For Kawashima, however, this is the most difficult question to answer.He felt his armpits sweat. "No encounter." he replied. While answering, Kawashima wondered in his mind, would there be any problems with such an answer?The other party is an agent!Moreover, the incident appeared serious.Is it appropriate to say categorically that I didn't meet anyone at Hamaoka's house?Will he be caught lying in the future? ... The voice of warning yelled out in his heart. As long as you change your mouth now, there is still time.However, Kawashima thought again, if he meets Tiansuo again in the future, what should he say?After answering now, you will not be able to contradict in the future, so it is better to speak according to the agreement with Tiansuo.He has already promised to persuade other people not to pursue debts again, so the preface should not be overturned, otherwise he will be sorry for the landlord. "Okay, thank you very much. It's almost the end of the question." The older agent nodded.Kawashima understood at a glance, and from then on, he could not correct his own answer. It's just to ask a question in passing, as a recreational inquiry. "Mr. Detective, what happened to Hamaoka's house?" Kawashima tentatively asked. "Oh, that's how it happened....It was Hamaoka's wife who was killed." "what?" Kawashima suddenly felt something hit his head.In an instant, the scenery in front of him swayed. "About seven o'clock, her husband, Mr. Hamaoka, came home from a business trip and found the back door open, so he went in from there. After entering, he found his wife strangled to death in the six-seat tea room inside." "..." "As soon as he found out, he immediately reported to the administrator of the nearby building, and the two called the police together. Our Metropolitan Police Department immediately dispatched. According to the forensic doctor, the time of death was determined to be between 11:30 am and 1 pm today. It seems that it was robbed by bandits, and the things inside were thrown in a mess." "..." "That's the mahjong hall. Whoever goes there to play mahjong every day has an account of how much you paid for the rent, so I know your name from there. And, as you just said, the cigarettes diagonally opposite the door The proprietress of the store said that someone once went to the gate to ring the bell, and what she described looked like a customer playing mahjong, so I asked you customers one by one. There is a Mr. Tsurumaki, oh, you know it too ... Mr. Tsurumaki said that, judging by the characteristics mentioned by the proprietress, it looks a bit like Mr. Kawashima." After listening to the agent's explanation, Kawashima knew that they had already asked all the guests who played mahjong.So, what did Tiansuo tell the detectives? Tiansuo's face emerged in front of his eyes. Detectives made no other mention of Tiansuo.In Kawashima's heart, he wanted to ask more questions, but he was afraid that asking would make people suspicious, so he remained silent.Tian must have given some believable reason, claiming that he did not go to Hamaoka's house. "Hamaoka was surprised, right?" Kawashima asks what Hamaoka looks like.He probably wanted to find out if Hamaoka knew about the relationship between Tasho and his wife. "Of course it is. When Hamaoka saw his wife die suddenly, he was devastated; his face was pale." The detective answered everything. "That's no wonder. ... But, it was mentioned that Hamaoka's wife was strangled to death. Is there anything similar to evidence left at the scene?" This is the question Kawashima most wanted to ask. "It was strangled on the neck. The thing used was her husband's tie hanging in the closet. The tie was still on the neck. Therefore, the murderer probably opened the closet to find something. She went in suddenly. The murderer He grabbed his tie and strangled her to death." Tasho's huge body and thick wrists appeared before Kawashima's eyes.There is no doubt that Tian Suo's physical strength is enough to strangle a woman's thin neck to death. The time of her death that the detective said just now coincided with the time when Tiansuo ran out of it.At that time, Tian Suo was in a hurry, and it turned out that it was not because someone broke in and disturbed him during the tryst. ... Kawashima's heart was trembling.Mr. Detective, I was wrong just now.At that time, it was the time when Tiansuo ran out from inside.Although he wanted to say that, he couldn't make a sound. First of all, the detective would ask him, since he knew that Kayoko was alone at home, why did he go around to the back door, shake down the iron bolt, and go straight in?For this problem, there is no way to explain.Now I don't know who the culprit is. If there are any flaws in my testimony, the police will get to the bottom of it.Then, from now on, I will become a suspect.Therefore, you must not answer a sentence with a slight loophole. Secondly, he received 30,000 yuan from Tian Suo.This incident alone at least made him suspected of conspiring with Tian Suo.If the police knew that he had opened the back door and walked in, and that he had received the favor of Tiansuo, then this matter could not be over.Then you have to ask, why did you categorically say that you didn't meet anyone. ——Kawashima didn't have the courage to correct his confession just now.All his timid character surrounded him. "So... have you found the murderer's trace?" When Kawashima asked, he trembled all over. Tian Suo was not noticed, which is very important to me. "No, the case just happened. It will never be solved immediately." The detective smiled slightly.However, one more sentence was added immediately: "Just now, I checked all the fingerprints. In the house, on the gate, especially on the back door where the murderer broke in, there are..." Kawashima's Tianling Gai seemed to have been hit hard again. fingerprint? The paper door behind must be full of his own fingerprints.It took me a long time to shake the paper door "Geden-Geden" for a long time before shaking the door loose.After shaking it loose, he poked his finger in again and pushed the door bolt open.That being the case, fingerprints must have left a lot behind.A black and deep pit seemed to appear in front of Kawashima's eyes, and his legs lost all strength.Since his fingerprints were taken away, the police knew what had happened.At this time, his voice was hoarse, and he couldn't say anything. "How do you know, the murderer seems to have paid special attention to this matter. Not to mention the wardrobe and other places at home, there are no fingerprints on the paper door of the back door. There are only fingerprints of the deceased and Mr. Hamaoka who found the case when he returned home. fingerprints." Kawashima himself felt as if he was about to fall into a bottomless pit just now, but now he straightened up when he heard the agent's words. On the paper door at the back, except for the fingerprints of Kayoko and Hamaoka, no other fingerprints were found.Detectives said the killer may have acted with gloves on. Will there be such a thing?It stands to reason that fingerprints should be clearly left on the paper door.Shaking the door as hard as that would never leave fingerprints behind.It's hard to believe it's not. After the two agents left, Kawashima still had this question in his mind.What exactly is going on!Should leave fingerprints, but not? ...